ECAT Pre Engineering Mathematic MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 14 (Application of Trigonometry)

A chimney is such that on walking towards it 50 m in a horizontal line through its base the angular elevation of its top changes from 30° to 45°. The height of the chimney is

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  D

The towers each 120 meters high are 800 meters apart. The measure of the angle of elevation from the base of one tower to the top of the other is

• 12^𝜊 A
• 9^𝜊 B
• 7^𝜊 C
• -120^𝜊 D

E-radius corresponding to < A is

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The law of sines can be used to solve

• Right angle triangle A
• Isosceles triangle B
• oblique triangle C
• haxagon D

An observer on the top of a cliff 200 m above the sea level, observes the angles of depression of two ships on opposite sides of the cliff to be 45° and 30°, respectively. The distance between the ships if the line joining them points to the base of cliff is

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A triangle has six

• side A
• elements B
• angle C
• tangents D

If the elevation of the sun is 30°, then the length of the shadow cast by a tower of 150 ft height is

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If five triangles are constructed having sides of the lengths indicated below, the triangle that will NOT be a right triangle is

• 8, 15, 17 A
• 3, 4, 5 B
• 12, 15, 18 C
• 5, 12, 13 D

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At a point 15 meters away from the base of a 15 meters high house, the angle of elevation of the top is

• 90° A
• 60° B
• 30° C
• 45° D

The upper 3/4 the portion of a vertical pole subtends an angle tan^-13/5 at a point in the horizontal plane through its foot and at a distance 40 m from the foot. A possible height of the vertical pole is

• 20 m A
• 40 m B
• 60 m C
• 80 m D

When the angle between the ground and the sun is 30^𝜊,flag pole costss a shadow of 40 mg long. the height of the top of the flag is

• 25m A
• 23m B
• 12m C
• 29m D

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A person standing on the bank of a river finds that the angle of elevation of the top of a tower on the opposite bank is 45°. then which of the following statements is correct?

• Breadth of the river is twice the height of the tower A
• Breadth of the river an the height of the tower are the same B
• Breadth of the river is half of the height of the tower C
• None of these D

PQ is a post of given height a, and AB is a tower at some distance;αandβare the angles of elevation of B, the top of the tower, at P and Q respectively. The height of the tower and its distance from the post are

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  B
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  D

In triangle ABC, in which b=95, c=34, a =52^𝜊then the value of a=

• 18 cm A
• 18.027 cm B
• 20.7 cm C
• 19 cm D

In-radius is denoted by

• r A
• η B
• r2 C
• R D

• The law of sines A
• The law of tangents B
• The pythagorus theorem C
• None of these D

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A tower subtends an angle of 30° at a point distant d from the foot of the tower and on the same level as the foot of the tower. At a second point, h vertically above the firs, the angle of depression of the foot of the tower, is 60°. The height of the tower is

• h/3 A
• h/3d B
• 3h C
• 3h / d D

The angle of elevation of the tops of two towers at the middle point of the line joining the foots of the tower are 60^οand 30^οrespectively. The the ratio of the heghts of the tower is

• 2 : 1 A
• 3 : 1 B
• 1 : 2 C
• 1 : 3 D

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If you are looking a high point from the ground, then the angle formed is

• Angle of elevation A
• Angle of depression B
• Right angle C
• Horizon D

The quadratic equation 8 sec2θ - 6 secθ +1 =0 has

• Infinitely many roots A
• Exactly two roots B
• Exactly four roots C
• No roots D

The angle AOP which the ray from an observer's eye at O to an object at P at a lower level makes with horizontal ray OA through O is called the

• Angle of depression A
• Angle of elevation B
• Acute angle C
• Obtuse angle D

A tower subtends an angleαat a point on the same level as the root of the tower and at a second point, b meters above the first, the angle of depression of the foot of the tower isβ. The height of the tower is

• b cotαtanβ A
• b tanαtanβ B
• b tanαcotβ C
• None of these D

A man of height 6 ft observes the top of a tower and the foot of the tower at angles of 45° and 30° of elevation and depression respectively. The height of the tower is

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